Legal Opinion
Primate & Bishops' Synod v. Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 23, 1993No. 92-P-392PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
As a result of differences between members of the parish (Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, Inc.) 2 and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (Church), the members held an extraordinary parish meeting and voted to amend their articles of organization and by-laws so as to remove all references to the Church in their by-laws. Subsequently, the parish became affiliated with another orthodox umbrella organization. The executive board (Synod) of the Church brought this action seeking a declaration that the vote at the extraordinary parish meeting was illegal and that the real…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Antioch Temple, Inc. v. ParekhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Saltman v. NessonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- St. Michael's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Woonsocket v. St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church of WoonsocketMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Parish of the Advent v. Protestant Episcopal DioceseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Wooten v. CraytonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- Primate & Bishops' Synod v. Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Jackson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Boston Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Retirement Fund (In Re Boston Regional Medical Center, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
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